Adam Kinzinger

That is part of the sort of hacking of the lizard brain that the Trump folks have done that I think can be hard to understand if you're not a sports fan in some capacity, if you don't like hate another team enough to be happy when they lose.

I'm not a political consultant and I can't tell them. But that's kind of why we want your take, man. All the political consultants are failing. Yeah. I will say that I think that's what the Harris campaign was trying to do, right? They were trying to be fun in a less negative way. I don't know that the Democratic base is in the mood for that anymore.

I'm not a political consultant and I can't tell them. But that's kind of why we want your take, man. All the political consultants are failing. Yeah. I will say that I think that's what the Harris campaign was trying to do, right? They were trying to be fun in a less negative way. I don't know that the Democratic base is in the mood for that anymore.

I'm not a political consultant and I can't tell them. But that's kind of why we want your take, man. All the political consultants are failing. Yeah. I will say that I think that's what the Harris campaign was trying to do, right? They were trying to be fun in a less negative way. I don't know that the Democratic base is in the mood for that anymore.

They want to see, to put it in soccer terms, they want to see some wins that are like, 5-0. You know what I mean? They want to see the other side receive its just desserts. I'm not sure that the vibe that they have right now is working for them as far as the base is concerned, but I also don't know what the optimal approach is for maximizing their political support.

They want to see, to put it in soccer terms, they want to see some wins that are like, 5-0. You know what I mean? They want to see the other side receive its just desserts. I'm not sure that the vibe that they have right now is working for them as far as the base is concerned, but I also don't know what the optimal approach is for maximizing their political support.

They want to see, to put it in soccer terms, they want to see some wins that are like, 5-0. You know what I mean? They want to see the other side receive its just desserts. I'm not sure that the vibe that they have right now is working for them as far as the base is concerned, but I also don't know what the optimal approach is for maximizing their political support.

It's an information environment that's extraordinarily toxic. And so it's difficult for them to get their message out. You know, they keep talking about like, we want to talk about kitchen table issues. And it's like, well, you know, The other side gets a say in what you talk about. And the Democrats have not figured out how to get everybody talking about the things that they want to talk about.

It's an information environment that's extraordinarily toxic. And so it's difficult for them to get their message out. You know, they keep talking about like, we want to talk about kitchen table issues. And it's like, well, you know, The other side gets a say in what you talk about. And the Democrats have not figured out how to get everybody talking about the things that they want to talk about.

It's an information environment that's extraordinarily toxic. And so it's difficult for them to get their message out. You know, they keep talking about like, we want to talk about kitchen table issues. And it's like, well, you know, The other side gets a say in what you talk about. And the Democrats have not figured out how to get everybody talking about the things that they want to talk about.

And I think that is probably a much bigger issue, although I do think that some sort of specific, we are winning and we're making them mad at us, and that feels good element of democratic politics is probably necessary as much as someone like me might consider that beneath the seriousness of politics.

And I think that is probably a much bigger issue, although I do think that some sort of specific, we are winning and we're making them mad at us, and that feels good element of democratic politics is probably necessary as much as someone like me might consider that beneath the seriousness of politics.

And I think that is probably a much bigger issue, although I do think that some sort of specific, we are winning and we're making them mad at us, and that feels good element of democratic politics is probably necessary as much as someone like me might consider that beneath the seriousness of politics.

But the reality is, as Trump has illustrated, is that the way Americans and people in general interact with politics is not always through the sort of high-minded values that we like to talk about when it comes to democracy.

But the reality is, as Trump has illustrated, is that the way Americans and people in general interact with politics is not always through the sort of high-minded values that we like to talk about when it comes to democracy.

But the reality is, as Trump has illustrated, is that the way Americans and people in general interact with politics is not always through the sort of high-minded values that we like to talk about when it comes to democracy.

I think that's part of it. I mean, you look back to like Obama in 2012, where he sort of overperformed the polls with the same white voters, white working class voters in the Midwest that are hard to poll and that, you know, came out pretty substantially for Trump. I mean, I think there is, you know, there's unquestionably a sort of juice question there.

I think that's part of it. I mean, you look back to like Obama in 2012, where he sort of overperformed the polls with the same white voters, white working class voters in the Midwest that are hard to poll and that, you know, came out pretty substantially for Trump. I mean, I think there is, you know, there's unquestionably a sort of juice question there.

I think that's part of it. I mean, you look back to like Obama in 2012, where he sort of overperformed the polls with the same white voters, white working class voters in the Midwest that are hard to poll and that, you know, came out pretty substantially for Trump. I mean, I think there is, you know, there's unquestionably a sort of juice question there.

I don't know who that might be, but I think when they tried to do all this negative stuff on Obama, he had an ability of redirecting or responding in a way that was extraordinarily effective. And I remember during that time how frustrated conservatives were that nothing seemed to stick. With him, no matter what they said about him and how crazy it was, he always seemed to find a way out.